Tracy homicide victim identified

Thursday

Jul 31, 2014 at 12:01 AM

The Record

TRACY - Authorities have released the name of a man who was found shot to death Saturday in a field in a rural part of south San Joaquin County.

The San Joaquin County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Victor Alfonso Ascevedo, 25, of Tracy. According to newspaper archives, Ascevedo had been arrested a number of times in the past for gun and drug possession.

Ascevedo's body was discovered about 10:45 a.m. Saturday in a field south of the 29200 block of South Kasson Road, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said. Ascevedo was found with a gunshot wound to the upper body, authorities said.

Deputies arrested Juan Cristobal Sanchez, 33, on suspicion of murder and auto theft later that day, the Sheriff's Office said.